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Rainfall, ground-water flow, and seasonal movement at Minor Creek landslide, northwestern California: Physical interpretation of empirical relations Rainfall, ground-water flow, and seasonal movement at Minor Creek landslide, northwestern California: Physical interpretation of empirical relations
Simple ground-water flow analyses can clarify complex empirical relations between rainfall and landslide motion. Here we present detailed data on rainfall, ground-water flow, and repetitive seasonal motion that occurred from 1982 to 1985 at Minor Creek landslide in northwestern California, and we interpret these data in the context of physically based theories. We find that landslide...
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R.M. Iverson, J. J. Major
Coastal lava flows from Mauna Loa and Hualalai volcanoes, Kona, Hawaii Coastal lava flows from Mauna Loa and Hualalai volcanoes, Kona, Hawaii
A major carbonate reef which drowned 13 ka is now submerged 150 m below sea level on the west coast of the island of Hawaii. A 25-km span of this reef was investigated using the submersible Makali'i. The reef occurs on the flanks of two active volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Hualalai, and the lavas from both volcanoes both underlie and overlie the submerged reef. Most of the basaltic lava flows...
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James G. Moore, D. Clague
Delving into faults and earthquake behavior Delving into faults and earthquake behavior
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R. A. Kerr
Hydraulics and basin morphometry of the largest flash floods in the conterminous United States Hydraulics and basin morphometry of the largest flash floods in the conterminous United States
The maximum rainfall-runoff floods measured by indirect methods in small basins (0.39-370 km2) in the conterminous United States are examined. This analysis identified twelve floods that were the largest ever measured. These floods all occurred in semiarid to arid areas. For eleven of the twelve largest rainfall-runoff floods measured in small basins by the slope-area method, values of...
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J. E. Costa
A comparison of the largest rainfall-runoff floods in the United States with those of the People's Republic of China and the world A comparison of the largest rainfall-runoff floods in the United States with those of the People's Republic of China and the world
The maximum historic rainfall-runoff floods measured in the United States, the People's Republic of China and the world all plot close to a smooth curve of drainage area versus discharge. In the United States, the possibility that flood peaks were overestimated and the closeness of these peaks to the probable maximum floods suggest that this limiting curve of maximum floods will not...
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J. E. Costa
Raising the stakes at Mount St. Helens Raising the stakes at Mount St. Helens
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R. A. Kerr
Drytilt stations on Mauna Loa and Hualalai volcanoes, Hawaii Drytilt stations on Mauna Loa and Hualalai volcanoes, Hawaii
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R.Y. Hanatani
Earthquakes July-August 1986 Earthquakes July-August 1986
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Waverly J. Person
Taking the pulse of Parkfield Taking the pulse of Parkfield
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R. A. Kerr
International society for diatom research founded 1985 International society for diatom research founded 1985
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F. Gasse, G. R. Hasle, George W. Andrews, H. Simola, G. A. Fryxell, John A. Barron